placenamesNohaval
An Nuachabháil
Lewis described a pastoral parish using stone obtained in Ballymacelligott.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Nuachabháil · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Nohaval · English · main form
Place & story
Lime for a pastoral landscape
Several dairy farms operated in Nohaval when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. Most of its land was pasture. Limestone obtained from adjoining Ballymacelligott was burned for use as manure, a practice Lewis associated with agricultural improvement. He placed this Nohaval on the Maine and the old Tralee–Castleisland road. The limestone supply therefore came from a neighbouring parish, rather than being identified as a quarry within Nohaval itself. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Coordinates
- 52.24740, -9.53061
- Mapped area
- 12.98 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1117 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Nohaval. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Nohoval-Kerry, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.